This
week our spotlight is on Billy Palmer, W4WJP, one of our newest
ARMS members, who joined in January of 2006. Billy was first
licensed as an amateur radio operator in 1992 with a Technician
Class license. He currently holds a General Class license.
Previous call signs include KD6IJU, N6WJP, K7WJP, K4SCV, and
W4AMG.

In
addition to ARMS, Billy's ham radio interests include digital
communications and voice on HF, VHF, and UHF. He's a member of
Army MARS (AAR4WE) and is the Communication Chief for the 402nd
Infantry Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade, Alabama State Defense
Force. His station includes an Icom IC-718 transceiver, a G5RV
antenna, an MFJ sound card TNC, and an Icom IC-208H transceiver
for VHF/UHF.

In
addition to ARMS, Billy's ham radio interests include digital
communications and voice on HF, VHF, and UHF. His station
includes an Icom IC-718 transceiver, a G5RV antenna, a KAN XL
TNC, and an Icom IC-208H transceiver for VHF/UHF. He is in the
process of putting together a "mobile deployable"
EmComm station with his Chevy 4X4 pickup with
"self-sustainability" for seven to ten days with HF/VHF/UHF
voice and digital modes on board. He is also active with EmComm
and the local American Red Cross as a "deployable radio
station." He is the local county ARES EC and helps others
improve and grow in EmComm operations.

Billy
is a "retired" disabled veteran and served seventeen
months of Vietnam duty from January 1967 to December 1971. He
active with local Church of Christ congregations as a preacher
and teacher. His ministry is to the needs of those forgotten by
the Church, and the "lost" in the Church.

He
cites Matthew 25:42-46 as his favorites Bible verses. "'For
I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and
you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not
invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was
sick and in prison and you did not look after me.' They also
will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a
stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not
help you?' He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you
did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for
me.' Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the
righteous to eternal life."